Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLUMBINE

a.Like or pertaining to a pigeon or dove; of a dove-color, or like the neck of a dove.

 

COLUMBINE

n.Aquilegia, a genus of plants of several species. The Thalictrum or meadow-rue is also called feathered columbine.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COLUMBIN

COLUMBIN Co *lum "bin, n. (Chem. )

 

Defn: A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin.

 

COLUMBINE

Col "um *bine, a. Etym: [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency. " Bacon.

 

COLUMBINE

Col "um *bine, n. Etym: [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America.

 

2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. Brewer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Columbine

Co lum bine |ˈkäləmˌbīn ˈkɑləmbaɪn | a character in Italian commedia dell'arte, the mistress of Harlequin. ORIGIN from French Colombine, from Italian Colombina, feminine of colombino ‘dovelike, ’ from colombo ‘dove. ’

 

columbine

co lum bine |ˈkäləmˌbīn ˈkɑləmˌbaɪn | ▶noun an aquilegia with long-spurred flowers. [Genus Aquilegia, family Ranunculaceae: several species, including the white-flowered Colorado blue columbine (A. coerulea ) with blue sepals, and the red-flowered A. canadensis. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French colombine, from medieval Latin colombina (herba )‘dovelike (plant ),’ from Latin columba ‘dove ’ (from the supposed resemblance of the flower to a cluster of five doves ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

Columbine

Columbine |ˈkɒləmbʌɪn | a character in Italian commedia dell'arte, the mistress of Harlequin. ORIGIN from French Colombine, from Italian Colombina, feminine of colombino ‘dovelike ’, from colombo ‘dove ’.

 

columbine

columbine |ˈkɒləmbʌɪn | ▶noun an aquilegia which has long-spurred flowers that are typically purplish blue. ●Genus Aquilegia, family Ranunculaceae, especially A. vulgaris and its hybrids. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French colombine, from medieval Latin colombina (herba ) ‘dovelike (plant )’, from Latin columba ‘dove ’ (from the supposed resemblance of the flower to a cluster of five doves ).

 

Spanish Dictionary

columbino, -na

columbino, -na adjetivo 1 De la paloma o relacionado con esta ave .2 Que tiene ciertas características propias de la paloma :candor columbino .3 nombre masculino /adjetivo Color algo amoratado de algunos granates (mineral ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

columbine

col um bine /kɑ́ləmbàɪn |kɔ́l -/名詞 1 C 〘植 〙オダマキ 〘キンポウゲ科の観賞用多年草 〙.2 〖C- 〗コロンバイン, コロンビーナ 〘イタリア喜劇でHarlequinの恋人役 〙.